Wednesday, August 21, 2013

To Gary Hill #7


The highlight of the number was a nice big, willing-worker named "Modoc" would do a skippity-hop, waltz and shimmy alone in the ring and then close with this head stand.
With lighting and proper music it went over big.

Posted by Buckles at 8/21/2013 06:05:00 AM

4 comments:

GaryHill said...

Capt, this elephant wouldn't be the one that did the dance in Jumbo would it?

21 August, 2013 18:18
Buckles said...

No that was a Beatty Show elephant named "Anna May" of whom our elephant was named after.

21 August, 2013 19:35
Chic Silber said...


If this is about the film with

Jimmy Durante then it was Sid

that shared the role with your

Anna May (I'll send a photo with

Kenny & Billy McCabe)

21 August, 2013 22:01
Roger Smith said...

Roland Raffler, who had a pig act on Beatty-Cole in circa 1960, asked me who the Beatty show guy was whom Doris Day talked to in JUMBO. It was Benny White. He went to MGM with the elephants, and was very glad to return to circus life.

23 August, 2013 03:23

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